Impatiens majumdarii Ghara & C. Ghara in J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17( 1): 139 - 140. 1993.

Herbs or shrubs up to 1.2 m high; stems branched, green, often tinged red; nodes swollen. Leaves usually alternate, opposite towards apex, elliptic to lanceolate, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, crenate to serrulate and glandular along margins, lower glandular bristles 1 - 1.5 mm long, 4 - 11 x 1.4 - 3.5 cm, deep green and slightly puberulous above, whitish and glabrous or rarely puberulous below; lateral nerves 6 - 8 pairs; petioles 0.2 - 1.9 cm long, glabrous, smooth; stipules 1 - 1.5 mm long, fimbriate. Flowers usually axillary, in fascicles of 2 - 3 flowers, bluish violet; peduncles slender, 3.5 - 4 cm, glabrous; pedicels 1.7 - 2 cm long; bracts ovate, glandular at apex, 1 - 1.5 mm long. Lateral sepals 2, ovate-lanceolate, ca 2.5 x 1 mm, glabrous, green. Lip navicular, 1 - 1.8 cm long, spurred; spur filiform, curved, 2.5 - 3 cm long. Standard obcordate to suborbicular, 0.8 - 1 x 1 - 1.2 cm, crested; crest shallow, acutely pointed at apex. Wings 2 - 2.7 cm long; basal lobes ovoid, 0.8 - 1 x 0.8 - 1.1 cm; distal lobes elliptic or obovate, slightly emarginate distally along inner margin, 1.2 - 1.7 x 1.1 - 1.4 cm; dorsal auricle short. Capsules fusiform, ca 1.4 x 0.2 cm.

Fl. & Fr. July - Oct.

Distrib. India: In moist shaded places along streams and on damp hill slopes. Meghalaya (Shillong).

Endemic.

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